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Washington news with a Texas accentFri, 13 Feb 2015 22:20:13 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.2Gene Green, 5 other lawmakers get Chevron show-and-tell during ‘energy tour’http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/05/gene-green-5-other-lawmakers-get-chevron-show-and-tell-during-energy-tour/
http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/05/gene-green-5-other-lawmakers-get-chevron-show-and-tell-during-energy-tour/#commentsThu, 19 May 2011 23:29:29 +0000http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/?p=10403
Six lawmakers, including Rep. Gene Green, D-Houston, have embarked on an "energy tour" of the Gulf Coast, complete with visits to oil service firms and the Chevron Tahiti production facility 190 miles south of New Orleans.
The show-and-tell was arranged by Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., who said it would "highlight the need to lower gas prices at the pump by promoting safe energy production here at home."]]>http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/05/gene-green-5-other-lawmakers-get-chevron-show-and-tell-during-energy-tour/feed/0TexMessage: Under attack by Senate Democrats, oil company CEOs plan counteroffensive against proposed tax hikeshttp://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/05/texmessage-under-attack-by-senate-democrats-oil-company-ceos-plan-counteroffensive-against-proposed-tax-hikes/
http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/05/texmessage-under-attack-by-senate-democrats-oil-company-ceos-plan-counteroffensive-against-proposed-tax-hikes/#commentsThu, 12 May 2011 10:00:52 +0000http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/?p=9913Remember the famous (or infamous) photo of the CEOs of America's largest tobacco companies being sworn in as witnesses before a hostile House committee some 18 years ago? Remember the hostile grilling they got from Chairman Henry Waxman and other Democrats? Well, the CEOs of America's largest oil companies are taking pains to make sure another similar scene doesn't take place today.
Instead, the executives are set to argue vehemently against proposed tax hikes during today's Senate Finance Committee hearing. Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson will tell the panel that Democrats are unfairly singling out the firms with a "discriminatory and punitive" plan to eliminate tax credits and deductions used broadly by other industries.]]>http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/05/texmessage-under-attack-by-senate-democrats-oil-company-ceos-plan-counteroffensive-against-proposed-tax-hikes/feed/0